Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies

<p>Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies provides students and faculty with an invaluable guide to conducting research projects across all areas in the study of religion. With an emphasis on student-faculty collaboration, this concise book addresses the key areas, methods, and practical issues to inform the practice of original undergraduate research across a wide range of subdisciplines.</p><p>In fourteen short chapters, the authors lay out the stages of the research process and different research methodologies; discuss approaches, examples, and ethical issues particular to religious studies; and address the unique value and challenges of collaborative research with undergraduate students, including case studies of student-faculty collaboration. </p><p>Designed to be utilized by students and faculty as both a textbook and reference, this book offers an essential resource for all those engaging in or leading undergraduate research across religious studies.</p> <ol> <li>Chapter 1: Overview</li> <p> </p> <li>Chapter 2: Religious Studies: The Intersection of Humanities and Social Science</li> <p> </p> <li>Chapter 3: Literature Reviews</li> <p> </p> <li>Chapter 4: Choosing Topics and Appropriate Research Questions</li> <p> </p> <li>Chapter 5: Working with Human Subjects</li> <p> </p> <li>Chapter 6: Collecting and Analyzing Data</li> <p> </p> <li>Chapter 7: Working in Archives</li> <p> </p> <li>Chapter 8: Working in Archives</li> <p> </p> <li>Chapter 9: Textual Study</li> <p> </p> <li>Chapter 10: Religious Studies and the Language Hurdle</li> <p> </p> <li>Chapter 11: Material Culture</li> <p> </p> <li>Chapter 12: Citing Sources and Bibliographies</li> <p> </p> <li>Chapter 13: Online Sources (by Gloria Gatchel)</li> <p> </p> <li>Chapter 14: Dissemination of Results</li> <p> </p> <li>Appendix #1</li> <p> </p> <li>Appendix #2</li> </ol><p>Index</p>